Originally posted by mongu
Hope you enjoy Thai. I flew on them ages ago, it was an A300 from Bangkok to Phuket in the late 80’s. I vividly remember it because Phkuet was full of military types with tanks everywhere – I was a little disconcerted to say the least.
Are you heading down to Phuket? Great place, although other places like Pattaya and Chiang Mai are also worth a visit. Bangkok itself is very interesting, but you’ll need a break after spending time there!
I’ve heard some mixed reviews about them recently, but most seem to think that the fact that there are no PTVs in economy lets the airline down, buth otherwise, they are meant to be good.
We’re only flying into Bangkok and then hop aboard the bus as we are staying in Pattaya (as you mentioned). My parents went in February/March and four days after coming back, booked to go again. They flew Qatar to Bangkok via Doha and said the service was spectacular. However, there was a real lack of flights available at the time of booking with British Airways virtually fully booked, Qatar fully booked, Qantas fully booked (!!) and Thai on the verge of being booked up.
I doubt we’ll get to see Phuket, unfortunately. But I’m not sure just yet, we are there for 3 weeks after all. I understand it’s a fair few miles by road though? I don’t know if I could sit in a car that long, especially in temperatures of at least 35C which they have had recently.
I’ve heard it is a fantastically cheap (good value) country for just about everything. I cannot wait to get into the town centres and buy loads of DVDs, watches, wallets etc at about 5% of the UK prices!
Most importantly, Internet cafes. I cannot go on holiday for 3 weeks and not check the forum now and again. 😀 Call me sad!
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